Coreopsis plant named ‘Docormoswimp’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Coreopsis  plant named ‘Docormoswimp’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit; medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant; double-type pompon inflorescences with yellow orange-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Botanical designation: Coreopsis grandiflora.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DOCORMOSWIMP’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR & APPLICANT/ASSIGNEE

An European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instantplant was filed by the Applicant/Assignee, Dümmen Group B.V. of De Lier,The Netherlands on Aug. 24, 2020, application number 2020/1988. Foreignpriority is not claimed to this application.

The Inventor and Applicant/Assignee assert that no publications noradvertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distributionoccurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of thisapplication. Any information about the claimed plant would have beenobtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor and/orApplicant/Assignee. Inventor and Applicant/Assignee claim a prior artexemption under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior tothe filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filingdate.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofCoreopsis plant, botanically known as Coreopsis grandiflora, andhereinafter referred to by the name ‘Docormoswimp’.

The new Coreopsis plant is a product of a planned breeding programconducted by the Inventor in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. The objective ofthe breeding program is to create uniform Coreopsis plants with numerousdouble-type inflorescences.

The new Coreopsis plant originated from a cross-pollination made by theInventor in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands in July, 2017 of a proprietaryselection of Coreopsis grandiflora identified as code numberCP13-000002-014, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with aproprietary selection of Coreopsis grandiflora identified as code numberCP13-000003-003, not patented, as the male, or seed, parent. The newCoreopsis plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a singleflowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollinationin a controlled environment in Aalsmeer in July, 2017.

Asexual reproduction of the new Coreopsis plant by vegetative cuttingsin a controlled environment in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands since July,2017 has shown that the unique features of this new Coreopsis plant arestable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Coreopsis have not been observed under all possiblecombinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. Thephenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such astemperature and light intensity, without, however, any variance ingenotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined tobe the unique characteristics of ‘Docormoswimp’. These characteristicsin combination distinguish ‘Docormoswimp’ as a new and distinct cultivarof Coreopsis plant:

-   -   1. Upright and mounded plant habit.    -   2. Moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate.    -   3. Freely branching habit.    -   4. Medium green-colored leaves.    -   5. Freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per        plant.    -   6. Double-type pompon inflorescences with yellow orange-colored        ray florets.    -   7. Good garden performance.

Plants of the new Coreopsis differ primarily from plants of the femaleparent selection in inflorescence form as inflorescences of plants ofthe new Coreopsis have more ray florets and are denser thaninflorescences of plants of the female parent. In addition, disc floretsof plants of the new Coreopsis are not conspicuous whereas disc floretsof plants of the female parent are clearly visible.

Plants of the new Coreopsis differ primarily from plants of the maleparent selection in inflorescence type as inflorescences of plants ofthe new Coreopsis are double pompon-types whereas inflorescences ofplants of the male parent selection are semi-double types.

Plants of the new Coreopsis can be compared to Coreopsis grandiflora‘Decoreo16’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,241. Plants of the newCoreopsis differ primarily from plants of ‘Decoreo16’ in peduncle lengthas plants of the new Coreopsis have longer peduncles than plants of‘Decoreo16’.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of thenew Coreopsis plant. The photographs show the colors as true as it isreasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type.Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color valuescited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describethe colors of the new Coreopsis plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1) comprises a side perspectiveview of a typical flowering plant of ‘Docormoswimp’ grown in acontainer.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2) comprises close-up views oftypical leaves (upper and lower surfaces), inflorescence bud andinflorescences (upper and lower surfaces) from a typical flowering plantof ‘Docormoswimp’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations andmeasurements describe plants grown in 17-cm containers in Aalsmeer, TheNetherlands during the summer initially in a greenhouse and finished inan outdoor nursery and under conditions and cultural practices whichapproximate those generally used in commercial Coreopsis plantproduction. During the production of the plants, day temperaturesaveraged 22° C. and night temperatures averaged 17° C. Plants were 17weeks old when the photographs and description were taken. In thefollowing description, color references are made to The RoyalHorticultural Society Colour Chart, Second Edition, except where generalterms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Measurementsrepresent averages for typical flowering plants.

-   Botanical classification: Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Docormoswimp’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Coreopsis            grandiflora identified as code number CP13-000002-014.        -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary selection of Coreopsis            grandiflora identified as code number CP13-000003-003.-   Propagation:    -   -   Type.—By vegetative cuttings.        -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About 16 days at            temperatures about 26° C.        -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About three weeks at            temperatures about 23° C.        -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 24 days            at temperatures about 23° C.        -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About four            weeks at temperatures about 18° C.        -   Root description.—Medium in thickness, fibrous; typically            white to light yellow in color, actual color of the roots is            dependent on substrate composition, water quality,            fertilizer type and formulation, substrate temperature and            physiological age of roots.        -   Rooting habit.—Moderately freely branching; medium density.-   Plant description:    -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Upright and mounding plant habit;            broad inverted triangle; freely branching habit with about            seven primary lateral branches each with about six secondary            lateral branches; moderately vigorous growth habit and            moderate growth rate.        -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 19            cm.        -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 30            cm.        -   Plant diameter or spread.—About 36 cm.        -   Lateral branches.—Length: About 20 cm. Diameter: About 6 mm.            Internode length: About 5 cm. Aspect: Upright to about 40°            from vertical. Strength: Strong, flexible. Texture and            luster: Pubescent; glossy. Color: Close to 144A.-   Leaf description:    -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple; sessile.        -   Length.—About 9.5 cm.        -   Width.—About 5.5 cm.        -   Shape.—Elliptic; lower leaves are entire and upper leaves            are one or two-lobed.        -   Apex.—Acute.        -   Base.—Acuminate.        -   Margin.—Entire or deeply one to two-lobed; lobes are            divergent; ciliate.        -   Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces.—Pubescent;            semi-glossy.        -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.        -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 137B.            Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 138B. Fully            expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137B; venation,            close to 137B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close            to 138C; midvein, close to 141C and lateral venation, close            to 138C.-   Inflorescence description:    -   -   Appearance.—Double-type pompon terminal and axillary            inflorescences with ray and disc florets arranged            acropetally on a capitulum; inflorescences positioned above            and beyond the foliar plane on strong peduncles;            inflorescences face mostly upright.        -   Flowering habit.—Freely flowering habit; about 60            inflorescences developing per plant during the flowering            season.        -   Fragrance.—Faintly fragrant; pleasant.        -   Time to flower.—Under natural season conditions, plants            flower during June and July in The Netherlands; plants begin            flowering about eight weeks after planting.        -   Post-production longevity.—Inflorescences maintain good            substance for about three to four weeks on the plant;            inflorescences persistent.        -   Inflorescence buds.—Height: About 1.2 cm. Diameter: About            1.4 cm. Shape: Rounded, flattened sphere. Texture and            luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color: Close to 144A.        -   Inflorescence size.—Diameter: About 7 cm. Depth (height):            About 4.5 cm. Disc diameter: About 6 mm. Receptacle height:            About 6 mm. Receptacle diameter: About 2 cm. Receptacle            color: Close to 152A.        -   Ray florets.—Quantity and arrangement: About 113 arranged in            about eight whorls. Length: About 3.7 cm. Width: About 2 cm.            Shape: Obovate. Apex: Emarginate; ragged appearance. Base:            Acuminate. Margin: Entire; moderately undulate. Texture and            luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; matte.            Color: When opening, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 17A.            Fully developed, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 17A;            venation, close to 17A; color does not change with            development.        -   Disc florets.—Quantity and arrangement: About 29 arranged in            about four whorls; inconspicuous. Shape: Tubular, slender;            apex dentate. Length: About 1.3 cm. Diameter: About 5 mm.            Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Color,            immature: Close to 17A. Color, mature: Close to 17A; color            does not change with development.        -   Phyllaries.—Quantity and arrangement: About eight in a            single whorl; fused at the base. Length: About 1.5 cm.            Width: About 4 mm. Shape: Deltoid. Apex: Acuminate. Margin:            Entire. Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces:            Smooth, glabrous; semi-glossy. Color, upper and lower            surfaces: Close to 152A.        -   Peduncles.—Length: About 21 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm.            Strength: Strong. Aspect: Mostly upright to outwardly.            Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color: Close            to 144A.        -   Reproductive organs.—Androecium (present on disc florets            only): Quantity per disc floret: Five. Filament length:            About 2 mm. Filament color: Close to 7A. Anther shape:            Lanceolate. Anther size: About 3 mm by 0.5 mm. Anther color:            Close to 166A. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: Close            to 12A. Gynoecium (present on disc florets only): Quantity            per floret: One. Pistil length: About 8 mm. Stigma diameter:            About 2 mm. Stigma shape: Tri-parted. Stigma color: Close to            17A. Style length: About 7 mm. Style color: Close to 5A.            Ovary color: Close to 145B.        -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit production has not            been observed on plants of the new Coreopsis.-   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Coreopsis    have not been shown to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to    Coreopsis plants.-   Garden performance: Plants of the new Coreopsis have exhibited good    tolerance to rain, wind and to tolerate temperatures ranging from    −30° C. to about 35° C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zone    4.

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Coreopsis plant named‘Docormoswimp’ as illustrated and described.